An employee of an Iranian telecommunications company was killed in attacks in Hormozgan Province in southern Iran, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, as military exchanges between Tehran and Washington resumed.
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According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the employee was killed following what it described as an enemy attack on Farur, in the Bandar Lengeh area, while carrying out his duties for an Iranian mobile telecommunications company. Two of his colleagues were also injured.
Iranian state media also reported that more than 10 projectiles struck Qeshm Island in the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid renewed hostilities between Iran and the United States.
Hossein Amir Teymouri, the governor of Qeshm, told IRNA that between 10 and 11 hostile projectiles had landed on the island since Sunday afternoon, adding that all of the targets were military sites and that no civilian casualties were reported.
On Saturday, July 11, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the reclosure of the Strait of Hormuz, suspending maritime traffic until further notice.
The U.S. strikes launched on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, marked the first direct American military attacks on Iran since a wave of airstrikes late last month, which Washington said were in retaliation for Iranian attacks on commercial vessels.
The Strait of Hormuz remains a central point of tension in the conflict that erupted on February 28, when U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran began.
Despite U.S. objections, Iran insists there will be no return to the pre-war arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz, under which ships passed without Iranian oversight or transit fees. Tehran has warned that vessels attempting to use routes other than the designated shipping lane along its coastline could be targeted.
Control of the strait—which carried around one-fifth of global oil supplies before the conflict—has provided Iran with considerable strategic leverage and a powerful geopolitical bargaining tool.
AFP
